30.311, Books: Language Conflict and Language Rights: Davies, Dubinsky

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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 16:29:47
From: Lucy Ridgway [lridgway at cambridge.org]
Subject: Language Conflict and Language Rights: Davies, Dubinsky

 


Title: Language Conflict and Language Rights 
Subtitle: Ethnolinguistic Perspectives on Human Conflict 
Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/language-conflict-and-language-rights-ethnolinguistic-perspectives-human-conflict?format=PB 


Author: William D. Davies
Author: Stanley Dubinsky

Electronic: ISBN: 9781108663  Pages: 446 Price: U.S. $ 28.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9781107022  Pages: 446 Price: U.S. $ 105.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9781107606  Pages: 446 Price: U.S. $ 34.99


Abstract:

As the colonial hegemony of empire fades around the world, the role of
language in ethnic conflict has become increasingly topical, as have issues
concerning the right of speakers to choose and use their preferred
language(s). Such rights are often asserted and defended in response to their
being violated. The importance of understanding these events and issues, and
their relationship to individual, ethnic, and national identity, is central to
research and debate in a range of fields outside of, as well as within,
linguistics. This book provides a clearly written introduction for linguists
and non-specialists alike, presenting basic facts about the role of language
in the formation of identity and the preservation of culture. It articulates
and explores categories of conflict and language rights abuses through
detailed presentation of illustrative case studies, and distills from these
key cross-linguistic and cross-cultural generalizations.

-The first book to support courses on the topic in linguistics, anthropology
and international relations

-Accessible to non-linguists interested in examining global conflicts from the
perspective of ethnolinguistic conflict and language rights

-Brings this important topic to the forefront, exploring all of the many ways
in which language is the primary vehicle for personal, ethnic, and national
identity
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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